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Vishakhapatnam: Student drowns while taking selfie, another missing
Deccan Chronicle | DC Correspondent
Published on: March 22, 2017 | Updated on: March 22, 2017
Five students from Madhurawada area here had gone to the beach as their exams concluded recently.
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Visakhapatnam: A junior college student, on Wednesday drowned in the sea off the Jodugullapalem beach here while taking a selfie, police said.
Another student is feared drowned. Five students from Madhurawada area here had gone to the beach as their exams concluded recently, a senior police official from Arilova police station.
Four of them K Amrutha (17), DM Kalyan (18), Anil and Rajesh were clicking selfies while standing on a rock this morning. A big wave lashed the rock and swept Amrutha and Kalyan into the sea, he added.
Amrutha's body was found while a search operation is underway to locate Kalyan, the official said, adding a case has been registered.